Employers are drawing a hard line in the sand this fall on the return to the office, with the number of new policies rising and enforcement ramping up.
But just as companies are rolling out a renewed effort to bring people back in person, a major source of federal funding is set to run out that could additionally stifle progress for a particular segment of the employee base: women.
A $24B federal funding program created by the American Rescue Plan Act to support childcare programs that were struggling during the pandemic is set to expire at the end of September.The disappearance of this funding is estimated to put more than 70,000 childcare programs in danger of closing and 3.2 million children in jeopardy…
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